Legal Advice and Services Blog

Question by ♪: Did you know that they’re considering giving 10% of the bailout to Wall Street Staff? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/17/executivesalaries-banking Do you think it is time to protest? Financial workers at Wall Street’s top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $ 70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid [...]

Question by c(^-v-*)o: What brave new world is this…White House giving press releases about a private company’s bankruptcy? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_automakers Underscoring the government’s extraordinary role, President Barack Obama planned to announce his support for GM’s restructuring strategy at a midday appearance at the White House, much as he did in April when Chrysler sought court protection. [...]

Question by rhpricesr: What would be best concerning a legal matter when your present legal rep. is not giving the best advice.? I am involved with a legal matter that is complicatated and chose not to give many details. I would like advice in how to proceed with a lawyer who has proven less than [...]

Question by Blossomo: Lawyers: do you think a layperson’s giving legal advice on YA constitutes the unauthorized practice of law And bonus round: when a lawyer weighs in with legal advice on YA, is an attorney-client relationship created? And is the attorney-client privilege waived? Anyone else find this a little worrisome? In California, the unauthorized [...]

Question by Mike: Can you be held responsible for giving somebody bad legal advice? Can you be held responsible for giving legal advice to someone and it turns out the advice you gave was illegal, hurt the person, sent them to jail, or put them ina bad financial situation? Assume these things though: the person [...]

Question by phishycoding: Definition of giving legal advice in regards to a paralegal? Following up on a previous question on here: Response: “A paralegal can not give legal advice.” …A paralegal can prepare documents, and advise about laws, but cannot give legal advice. Can you help me discern, in generalized terms, what is and what [...]